Yellowstone

As long as its a hard sided trailer, you're ok with leaving it in there. Also need to put away grills, coolers, etc.

I still have my bear spray.. unused.

you'll be lucky if you see a bear. that said, stuff inside your trailer is fine... anything edible or smelling of food outside will get you a stern warning from a camp host.

I saw two bears last year at Yellowstone, but from a distance.

The best way to find a bear: Look for a crowd of cars, people with cameras, and a park ranger directing traffic.

When we were there we did not take our food out of the camper. We had a hardside. I would definitely take the food out if I was in a PUP or tent. And never leave your grill, pans or cooler out. We were cleaning up from dinner when the ranger rolled around. I guess he thought we weren't moving fast enough so we got a stern warning. Later I saw him remove some coolers and a trash bag that somebody left next to their tent. Idiots. I don't know if they had any bears that week, but we had some bison walk through our camp--they left a 5ft wide lake of stinky pee behind our trailer. Another bison sat down on a tent nearby--scared the people in it half to death!

To make a long-winded story short; just don't leave edibles, wrappings, garbage at your site. There are garbage containers for proper disposal; just use them. Y'stone has instructions on all issues that would concern you.

Wishbone51 wrote:
I still have my bear spray.. unused.

The very best kind to have...unused :) :) Had a grizz in the General Store parking lot this morning, fortunately not too many visitors.

Wishbone51 wrote:
I still have my bear spray.. unused.

So, I have never heard of 'bear spray'. I suppose I should be looking that up. Until then, will mace suffuce? (the real stuff)

You don't want to be close enough to use mace. Bear spray is similar (or identical), but has a 25-foot (or more) range. And it's not cheap.

http://www.udap.com/Bearspecifications.htm

A lot cheaper than the consequences. :)